William Houghton was heading southbound on the A32 out of Wickham, at the top of Hoad’s Hill, when he was struck by a Citroen C3 driven by Jeanette Smith. He was taken to hospital by air ambulance with life-threatening head injuries but died later in hospital.

Smith pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving and was sentenced at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on 16 August to 60 hours’ unpaid work, a £165 fine and a one-year driving ban.